Helldivers 2 is the Arrowhead Game Studios shooter published by Sony, and Google Search interest for helldivers 2 sits at 12 of 100 for the week of August 22 2026. That reading is up 9.09% from 11 on August 15 and up 200% from 4 on July 25, per Trends MCP get_growth on Google Search. The 261-week series peaks at 100 on February 24 2024, so this week is 88 points under the launch high. Same-week 2025 was 8 on August 23, the week before the Xbox Series X/S launch. Steam Most Played ranks HELLDIVERS 2 at 15 as of August 26 2026 02:01 UTC. Data pulled August 26 2026 from source google search.
Helldivers 2 search interest right now
Google Search interest for helldivers 2 is 12 for the week of August 22 2026, up 200% from 4 on July 25, with get_growth also printing +9.09% over 7 days from 11 on August 15 and Steam Most Played ranking the title at 15 as of August 26 02:01 UTC.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Latest value (week of August 22 2026) | 12 |
| 30-day change | +200% (4 on July 25 2026 to 12) |
| 90-day change | +140% (5 on May 23 2026 to 12) |
| Peak value and date | 100 on February 24 2024 |
| First seen date | August 28 2021 (0) |
| 7-day change | +9.09% (11 on August 15 2026 to 12) |
| Steam Most Played rank | 15 as of August 26 2026 02:01 UTC |
| Same-week 2025 | 8 on August 23 2025 |
| Xbox launch-week local high | 27 on August 30 2025 |
The 0-100 scale is relative Google Search interest. 12 is a recovery print, 88 points under the February 2024 peak.
About Helldivers 2
Helldivers 2 is a cooperative third-person shooter developed by Arrowhead Game Studios and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment, with a PlayStation 5 and Windows launch on 8 February 2024 and an Xbox Series X/S launch on 26 August 2025 after Nixxes Software built that port.
Wikipedia says Johan Pilestedt directed the project on the Autodesk Stingray engine. The game sold over 20 million copies and passed $700 million in revenue as of January 2026, including 12.6 million Steam copies, 5.4 million PlayStation 5 copies, and 1.4 million Xbox copies as of 23 October 2025. The Game Awards 2024 named it Best Ongoing Game. A Warhammer 40,000 Legendary Warbond shipped on 12 August 2026. Wikipedia says the player level cap rose to 300 in August 2026. People still search the title a year after Xbox launch because live-service orders keep moving the Galactic War.
What the time series shows
The stored Google Search series for helldivers 2 runs 261 weeks from August 28 2021 at 0 to August 22 2026 at 12, a 1,820-day window that is zeros until launch, then a 100 peak, then a long tail with late-August lifts.
Same-week prints read 0 on August 26 2023, 4 on August 24 2024, 8 on August 23 2025, then 12 this week. The series peaks at 100 on February 24 2024. Xbox launch week printed 27 on August 30 2025. August 2026 ran 5, 4, 11, then 12. growth_label is exploding because +200% over 30 days clears +100%. speed_label is exponential because the latest 30-day absolute change of 8 is more than 2x the prior 30-day change of 1. seasonality_label is medium. volatility_label is average; last-52 week-over-week sample standard deviation is 46.35% (n=52, skip 0). The four labels are derived from this series. Steam trend data sits next to this Google Search curve. Readers comparing live-service shooters can start at the Fortnite topic page.
Related topics
Same-day Google Search get_growth readings from the August 26 2026 pull sit beside this keyword, each a Steam Most Played or Games-board neighbor, so the 12 print can be read against other live-service titles rather than against a generic trailer spike.
- fortnite: +52.17% over 30 days (23 on July 25 to 35 on August 22)
- nba 2k: +49.25% over 30 days (67 on July 25 to 100 on August 22)
- marvel rivals: -11.76% over 30 days (17 on July 25 to 15 on August 22)
- palworld: -67.74% over 30 days (62 on July 25 to 20 on August 22)
- counter-strike 2: -60.38% over 30 days (53 on July 25 to 21 on August 22)
helldivers 2 at 12 is the smaller 0-100 print with the faster 30-day percent rise. fortnite at 35 is the closer live-service neighbor. palworld at 20 is coming off a June spike. Those growth figures are Google Search. Steam ranks also sit on the Steam Most Played API page.